The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-09

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OF which had their anchor lights up. My
trends vessel had two lights in the main
rigging as private signal These were
put out as soon as we reached the deck.
Entering the cabin we again saw the
face of the lady AS 1 have before said,
she was the most beautiful woman I had
ever seen. I could not help feeling that
my friend was not the handsome fellow
that deserved to be united to such lowell
ness-yet the gods mated Venus and
vulcan. The Swedish captain was speech
less with admiration. 1 acted as his
ambassador, and informed her how des-
perately in love he was, and tlrat he was
determined to save her or lose his life in
the attempt. She was now free to act
Tor herself, but / was sure t hat if she
married him she would have a loving
husband. AS / had been concerned in
her rescue from captivity l felt it nv
right as well as my duty to urge her to
accept him. She did not utter a word,
but remained perfectly passive. adj
yised him to leave the cabin and get his
ship under way at once. My boats crew
would assist him. The vessel must be
outside the harbor, said, before day
light, and before sunrise be we'll into the
Sea of Marmora. And so we parted.
1t wes three o'clock when reached my
ship. Sleep was out of the question.
The events of the previous few days were
like dream out of which / had lust
awakened. The consequences might have
been serious to me. But 1 was ALWAYS
ready for adventures, end had been in
many predicarlent equally hazardous.
I lived, as all young sailors live, on TO
nance and daring. The excitement of
this occasion was as exhilarating to me
as champagne is to the wine bibber.
In the morning I was visited by several
of the captains who had been my guests of
the night before. They had felt some
fear for our safety when they learned that
q conflict had taken place between the
guard in the street we passed through and
band of Greek robbers. Two of the
robbers had been killed. These must
have been our pursuers, who, after we
had eluded them, had returned and at
tackled the guard. They were over
powered by company of soldiers from
the fort, who were making their rounds
to relieve the guard OF course knew
nothing of what had become of the
Swedish captain. assured them that he
went safely ON board and was to have
sailed at sunrise, and that, as the wind
was fresh and fair, supposed he was of.
l feigned attack Of rheumatism as an ex-
cuse for not going ashore that day. The
following day our consul, hearing I was
sick, came on board. From him learned
one Of the wives of a pasta of the army
had made her escape by the aid, it was
supposed, of the Greek robbers, some Of
whom had been captured and would be
executed unless they told where their
companions and the captive were to be
found. 1t was supposed that she was
held for ransom. A rigid search was
made on board all the Greek vessels, of
which there were many lying in the har-
Dor, but, of course, the missing lady was
not found.
I will here give the sequel. Nine year >
later, while in command of the clipp. u
ship Dreadnaught, arriving in New Yc rk
one day made fast at my usual berth at
the foot of Rector street, when Capt. H ,pe,
Sandy Hook pilot, who was harbormc ste :.
at the time, boarded my vessel and tc' I'd
me that Swedish brig was lying at r Ter
8, and that her captain was very car ous
to meet me before he sailed. The Con-
stantinople episode had nearly passed from
my mind in the exciting years thatJ .ad in
tervened. AS soon as our gang pis nix was
hauled ashore lady and gentleuu n came
on board. was standing on the quarter
deck with some custom house oil GERS and
passengers. The lady, whom I irnmedi-
ately recognized, came forward and en-
braced me with much warmJ !. and the
gentleman followed suit Tb q Measure
attending this happy meeting was shared
by all who witnessed it. Il i needless to
say that the pair were the Swedish can
tain and the lady whom L assisted to
escape from ConstantinopIe That truth
is stranger than fiction is here ex-
emplified. After leaving Constantine
pie their Joy was uns, ,eakabIe upon
discovering that they b i'd been lovers
in their childhood. She was the fIaxen
haired girl for whom my friend had pinned
SO long. When they ps rtcd as children
her family went to Mo COW, where they
remained several years and where she
had the advantage Of IN excellent cduca-
ton and became prof Gent linguist. Her
great beauty attracted universal attention.
She was courted by many, but won by
none. Her father re- .eived the appoint
ment OF consul at Ode Ssa, but he gave up
this place and migrs ted to Alexandria,
where he became g ain exporter. This
frequently necessitat ed Journeys into the
interior of Egypt, and his beautiful
daughter was his constant COMPANION.
Daring one of thes excursions their car
AVIAN was assaulted by Arabs The men
were slaughtered and robbed and the
women were disposjed of among the Chiefs
She fell to the lot of one who sold her into
the larem, whence she was rescued by
us. When the pair arrived at Falmouth,
after the rescue, they were married, and
sailed for Antwerp, where some of her
jewels were disposed of to purchase the
brig which he commanded when they paid
their visit to me on board the Dread
napght. They had sailed together around
the world, but this was their first voyage
to New York. Col. Graham, now clerk of
the court of common pleas, was custom
honse officer in charge Of my ship at that
time, and he lives to bear witness that he
heard this remarkable tale told in my
cabin by the Swedish captain at that time.
Ny friend the captain has since sold his
vessel and retired from sea life.-Capt. S.
Samuels, of the Dauntless. .